Three DFPM physicians have been named to AY Magazine’s list of Best Women in Health Care for 2023.
From left: Marielie Heidi Agesilas MD, Jennifer Dukes-Casey MD, and Lauren Gibson-Oliver MD, MBA.
See https://aymag.com/ays-best-women-in-health-care-2023/ for the complete list.
Congratulations!
Congratulations to our Family Medicine physicians who were chosen for Castle Connolly Top Doctors recognition by their peers and patients.
Bryan H. Clardy, M.D. (Fort Smith)
Jason B. Cobb, M.D. (Pine Bluff)
Jamie D. Howard, M.D. (Little Rock)
Tabasum Imran, M.D. (Fort Smith)
Katherine A. Irish-Clardy, M.D. (Fort Smith)
David L. King, M.D. (Fort Smith)
Toni Lynn Middleton, M.D. (Pine Bluff)
See the full list of all UAMS physicians who received this honor.
Did you see this news in the College of Medicine Dean’s Accolades? The Department of Family and Preventive Medicine (DFPM) will develop an Arkansas Family Medicine Residency Network Educational Collaborative with support from the American Board of Family Medicine Foundation. The foundation awarded an initial grant of $5,000 for the network, which will support graduate medical education innovation and outcomes, professional collaboration, and the sharing of best practices to enhance population care across the state. Leaders in the initiative include Dr. Shashank Kraleti, Garnett Chair of Family Medicine and Director of the Primary Care and Population Health Service Line, Dr. Julea Garner, Director of the Baptist Health/UAMS Family Medicine Residency Program, and Dr. Diane Jarrett, Director of the DFPM Office of Communication and Departmental Relations.
Dr. Meghan Gibson will become a Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellow at UAMS in 2024-2025.
She is graduating from our Family Medicine residency program in June 2024 and already has her next step lined up. Congratulations, Dr. Gibson!
Dr. Lauren Gibson-Oliver has been chosen for the 2024 STFM (Society of Teachers of Family Medicine) New Faculty Scholar Award. Part of this honor includes a year of coaching, learning, and networking opportunities and also presenting at the STFM Spring Annual Conference. Click here for more details. Congratulations to Dr. Gibson-Oliver for this prestigious distinction.
Did you see Dr. Bryant and Dr. Turnage on TV discussing the physician shortage in Arkansas and statewide?
Click here for the video.
Dr. Germán Corrales and Dr. Divya Krishnan Seethapathy were chosen by the faculty and their fellow residents to serve as Chief Residents for 2024-2025.
This is an important honor that carries responsibility and implies trust. They will take over from Dr. Jeff Balkenbush and Dr. Meghan Gibson in 2024.
Dr. Shashank Kraleti, Garnett Chair of the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, has announced two new appointments.
Nikki Edge PhD will assume the position of Vice Chair of Research and Faculty Affairs, and Diane Jarrett EdD will become the Director of the Office of Communication and Departmental Relations.
The DFPM is growing! Stand by for more details.
Our own PGY-2 resident Dr. John Ukadike and other UAMS residents discuss what makes their training here so special. Watch the video and learn more about why UAMS is the place to be.
Our faculty members always perform notable work, but 2020-2021 was a special year of note.
Faculty distinctions include:
Shashank Kraleti, M.D., FAAFP, received a 2021 Program Director Bronze Recognition Award from the Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors.
Leslie Stone M.D., MPH. received the UAMS Edith Irby Jones Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion Award for Early Career Faculty.
Steve Sorsby M.D., MHA, received the 2021 Outstanding Family Medicine Teaching Award from our graduating residents. Dr. Sorsby also received the Master Evaluator Award from the residency program for his superior work on evaluating resident clinical performance.
Lauren Gibson-Oliver M.D., MBA, was featured in a UAMS-produced YouTube video about the importance of breastfeeding.
Taren Swindle, Ph.D., was named a Health Disparities Research Institute Scholar by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities. Dr. Swindle also received the 2021 Norman Kretchmer Award in Nutrition and Development from the American Society for Nutrition. And there’s more: She also received a UAMS Implementation Science Pilot Award for her project titled “Assessing the Feasibility and Acceptability of a Virtual Approach to De-implementation of Inappropriate Feeding Practices in Early Care and Education.”
Lorraine McKelvey, Ph.D., received national notice for her work on home-visiting support for low-birth-weight preterm infants.
Articles written by Dan Knight M.D., FAAFP, and Diane Jarrett Ed.D., were added to the AAFP Academy Updates LGBTQ Health Toolkit, an online resource for clinicians.
